CALENDAR

DATES. EVENTS. PEOPLE.

On October 8th, 1831, Mikhail Yelsky was born — a Belarusian violinist, composer and music writer. From the early 1860s, he gave concerts abroad, collecting Belarusian folk melodies and using them in his works. He wrote approximately 100 pieces of music, including 2 concerts, Sonata-Phantasy, violin and piano polonaises, mazurkas, miniatures, etc. He is also the author of articles and essays on composers and performers. He died in 1904.

On October 8th, 1596, the Brest Uniate Council adopted the Council Letter of Metropolitan M. Rogoza, which was approved by the Minsk Archimandrite Potey, marking the beginning of an intensive process of creating a church-organisational and cultural-educational structure of the Uniate religion, including in Minsk.

On October 8th, 1871, Ivan Poddubny (1871-1949) was born — a Russian wrestler, athlete and circus performer. He is one of the most outstanding professional wrestlers in the world. He repeatedly won the world championships in classical (Greco-Roman) wrestling among professionals, including the most authoritative of them in Paris (1905-1908). For more than 40 years of performances, he has not lost a single competition, championship or tournament.

October 8th is World Egg Day, celebrated in many countries around the world on the second Friday of October. This is a celebration for all lovers of eggs, omelettes, casseroles and fried eggs... After all, eggs are a most versatile food product, they are popular in the cuisine of all countries and cultures, largely due to the fact that their use is so diverse.

October 9th is World Post Day. It is held by the decision of the 14th Congress of the Universal Postal Union, held in 1957, on the day of the creation of the Universal Postal Union in 1874. According to the UPU, international mail speaks 6,800 of its customers’ languages and is the world’s largest physical mail delivery network. In Belarus, a regular postal service was organised in 1667.


October 10th is World Kite Day. Kites are fairly simple apparatus that are held in the air by air pressure on a surface set at a certain angle to the direction of the wind.

October 10th is the Day of Cultural Workers in the Republic of Belarus. More than 65,000 Belarusians are involved in this professional holiday: actors and poets, writers and artists, musicians, employees of museums and exhibition halls and heads of creative teams. Over its centuries-old history, the Belarusian people have created a rich original cultural heritage. There are more than 15,000 historical monuments in the country.

On October 11th, 1941, Yevgeny Gladkov was born — a Belarusian cymbalist, teacher and People’s Artist of Belarus. The repertoire includes works of classical and modern Belarusian and foreign music. He is the first performer of many works of Belarusian composers, being the author of the School of Cymbal Playing and teaching aids, as well as being the compiler and editor of collections of cymbal works by Belarusian composers.

October 11th is International Day of the Girl Child, proclaimed by the decision of the 66th session of the UN General Assembly on December 19th, 2011. Today there are 1 billion young people in the world, including 600 million adolescent girls. They all have tremendous potential to transform our future. The date calls for a focus on the need to address the challenges faced by girls around the world and to promote the empowerment of girls and the fulfilment of their rights.

On October 12th, 1971, Oleg Novitsky was born (Cherven, Minsk Region) — a Belarusian cosmonaut, Hero of the Russian Federation. He served as a pilot, senior pilot, flight commander and air squadron commander of an assault aviation regiment. He received the qualification ‘test cosmonaut’. On April 9th, 2021, he departed as a spacecraft commander on the 65th expedition to the International Space Station. This is the third space flight for Oleg Novitsky.

On October 12th, 1931, the grand opening of the giant statue of Christ — which is today a symbol of Rio de Janeiro and Brazil in general — took place. The Art Deco statue is located at the top of Corcovado Mountain. In 2007, it was unofficially elected as one of the New Seven Wonders of the World.



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